Lancaster ISD flunks fitness

And Duncanville is about as bad.

All of the four Best Southwest school districts in south suburban Dallas County scored below average on a statewide “Fitnessgram” conducted by the Texas Education Agency.

But, in the results, which track closely with rich-poor school district divides, Lancaster was dead last among Dallas Metroplex school districts; with Duncanville second from the bottom.

Both districts had nobody at eighth- and 12th-grade levels passing all six fitness tests. Lancaster had only 5 percent of third graders pass, and Duncanville 19 percent of third graders.

Both districts were also skimpy on the summer of tested students they reported, especially at the junior high and high school levels.

The results don’t totally show a poor-unfit correlation, though, contrary to co-authors of the Snooze story, who claim:

The correlation between economics and fitness stays true statewide.

Within the Best Southwest, Cedar Hill students tested to be as healthy, by percentage, as Lewisville ones, and DeSoto students were almost as healthy, as were Irving students. And Plano children were only modestly to moderately more healthy than in Cedar Hill.

In short, re the story authors, the statistical correlation is moderate to moderately strong, not extremely strong. And, of course, it is at this point JUST a statistical correlation. No causal correlation has been demonstrated. (Although it is certainly likely.)